116 THE STRAWBERRY IN NORTH AMERICA 



did not commend it. "As to the Chili/' said pungent 

 WilHam Cobbett, " it is very Uttle superior in flavor to the 

 potato." There was little promise for the amelioration 

 of the garden strawberry in pure F. chiloensis. 



The advent of the Pine. — The plant that was to become 

 the progenitor of the modern garden strawberry appeared 



Fig. 10. — Old Pine, or Pineapple, the progenitor of the garden 

 strawberry. 



in Europe near the middle of the eighteenth century. It 

 was first described and illustrated in the seventh edition 

 of Philip Miller's '' Dictionary of Gardening " (1759) . The 

 origin of the Pine strawberry {F. grandiflora, or F. an- 

 anassa, referring to the pineapple fragrance of the fruit), 



